[Mentalist fan-fic] A lie close to the heart

 

 

Title: A lie close to the heart
Author: little_firestar
Current Word Count: ~ 8340
Status: in progress (2/?)
Rating: T
Summary: hAU/fureu fic. After having been apart for over a year, Teresa Lisbon is ready to welcome back Marcus Pike, her boyfriend, already foreseeing a future together, and maybe even marriage...only, she is stunned when he introduces her to his fiacèe! But Patrick jane is quick to intervene: "Congratulations! And not ten minutes ago Teresa consented to be my wife, too!"Its' a believable lie, but is it enough of a basys for a relationship that's supposed to be fake? 
Notes: Future-fic, post Red John’ and post Violets. Because I can't hate Pike on the show- so I hate him here. Cover realized with GIMP 2, with  cover from an 1985 Harlequin Presents book and screencap from season 2 ep. 9 "A priece above rubies".
Link to fic: Chapter one on AO3/ Chapter one on ff.net
                           Chapter two on AO3/Chapter two on ff.net